The Story Behind a 70-Foot Concrete Arrow Near Odessa
A hundred years ago, U.S. airmail pilots depended on a coast-to-coast bread-crumb trail of arrows—though most have been destroyed, buried, lost, or forgotten.
A hundred years ago, U.S. airmail pilots depended on a coast-to-coast bread-crumb trail of arrows—though most have been destroyed, buried, lost, or forgotten.
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Sixteen years ago, a small town’s only public school closed its doors. But not before the final graduating class invited a former POW to walk the stage, finishing what he started nearly six decades before.
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Bob Anderson says the self-inflicted title is for amusement only, but the quirky farmer sure seems serious about garlic.
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The Hutto-based hatmaker uses decades-old equipment to meticulously customize every hat.
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Swimming before sunrise became a necessary ritual for novelist Elizabeth McCracken during an uncertain time. And then came the strangers.
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Pastor Buddy Blake led volunteers who help step in for the Department of Defense to honor fallen soldiers with a proper military burial.
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Bob Wills fans flock each spring to the tiny Panhandle town to “dance all night, dance a little longer.”
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Chris Morris broke his back during motocross practice, but that didn’t stop him from finding a new source of adrenaline and drive.
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